title: Reconstruction of pulmonary artery with donor aorta and autopericardium in lung transplantation.
abstract: A 44-year-old man with Eisenmenger's syndrome due to ventricular septal defect (VSD) was listed for lung transplantation. The patient's condition was complicated by a giant pulmonary artery (PA) aneurysm. Concurrent VSD closure and total reconstruction of the recipient PA with the donor aorta were planned. When the patient underwent bilateral lung transplantation, the aortic graft obtained turned out to be too short to complete the reconstruction. A PA graft made of the recipient's pericardium was successfully interposed between the donor's PA and the donor's aortic graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Masafumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Yoshikatsu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saiki
authors.forename: Tetsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sado
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hoshikawa
authors.forename: Chiaki
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sakurada
authors.forename: Sumiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oishi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kondo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D000792:Angiography; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000637:transplantation*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*